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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Watkins's Exr's v. Tate 7 Va. 521 1790 1 Virginia
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 Civil Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
Reeder v. Cartwright 2 Md. 469 1790 0 Maryland
Respublica v. Betsey 1 U.S. 469 1789 0 Civil SC of PA.
Sprigg v. Weems 2 Md. 266 1789 0 Maryland
Adam v. Leverton 2 Md. 382 1789 0 Maryland
Merrit's Executors v. Merritt 1 N.C. 18 1789 0 North Carolina
Arrington v. Arrington 2 N.C. 1 1789 0 North Carolina
Tims v. Potter 1 N.C. 22 1789 0 North Carolina
Ross v. Pynes 2 Va. Ch. Dec. 69 1789 1 Virginia
State v. Lyon 1 N.J.L. 462 1789 New Jersey
Ross v. Pines 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 69 1789 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Overstreet v. Randolph 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 47 1789 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Farrar v. Jackson 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 1 1788 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Pettis v. Warren 1 Kirby 426 1788 0 Civil Connecticut
Robinson v. Adams' Lessee 4 Dall. Append. XII 1788 0
Grymes v. Pendleton 8 Va. 130 1788 1 Virginia
Butler v. Craig 2 Md. 214 1787 0 Maryland
Wilson v. Hinkley 1 Kirby 199 1787 0 Connecticut
Pickett v. Claiborne 8 Va. 99 1787 1 Virginia